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The famous 4th-century BC gilded silver bowl decorated with reliefs of elite Scythian warriors was discovered in the Gaimanova Mohyla Royal kurgan in the...

1976 December issue of The UNESCO Courier had the following passage: “How Scythian horsemen of 2,500 years ago dressed, and the kind of equipment they...

Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...

Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

In 2020, Google created a Doodle honoring the Ukrainian embroidered shirt in commemoration of International Vyshyvanka Day: "Held each year on the third Thursday of May, this...

The unique Antonov AN-70 short takeoff and landing (STOL) multipurpose cargo aircraft flew from Gostomel air terminal near Kiev to UAE for its international debut at the...

"Few accuse Winston Churchill of naiveté, especially about the Soviet Union, yet his quarters, at Yalta and during previous meetings with Stalin, were also...

The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim. It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns out to become...

This done, Mazeppa spread his cloak, And laid his lance beneath his oak, Felt if his arms in order good The long day's march had well withstood...

Dynamo Kiev is not just the best and most titled football team in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe - the British Football Magazine 4-4-2 ranks...

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"A titan of Ancient History and one of the greats of twentieth-century historical scholarship, Rostovtzeff" (Yale quote) observed: “There is a striking similarity between...

Article 3 of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, states: "The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and...

The scabbard was recently exhibited in the Met Museum and here is how the Met Museum described it: "In the main frieze is a battle...

"According to the report, IT service exports became the 2nd largest export industry in 2018. In 2015 Ukrainian IT exports made $2,6 billion, this number increased to $4.5...

British philologist William Jones in early 1786 voiced his famous "Phililoger Passage" which is considered the beginning of Indo-European studies. Here is what Jones...